vestibulando

Portuguese

Etymology

vestibular (“college or university entrance examination”) +‎ -ando (“-ing”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [bɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]

• Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧bu‧lan‧do

Noun

vestibulando m (plural vestibulandos, feminine vestibulanda, feminine plural vestibulandas)

1. (Brazil) a student who is preparing to take an entrance examination for a college or university

Further reading

• “vestibulando”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “vestibulando”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vestibulando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024